Land-roller.



PATENTED JUNE 9, yl9O3.

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LAND RGLLER. PYLIUATION FILED JULY 14, 1902. l

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UNITED STATES Patented June 9, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

LAND-ROLLER.V

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 730,469, dated J' une9,1903. Application led July 14, 1902. Serial No. 115,423. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. MORGENTHA- LER, residing at Joplin, in thecounty of Jas- Y includes in its makeup 'an external shell of tiling, alling or core of concrete, supple.

mental end fillings, and tubular members axially embedded in thefilling; andin its still more subordinate features my invention consistsin certain details and combination of parts hereinafter fully explained,and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in whichy Figure l is a Aside elevation ofa land-roller embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section ofthe saine on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectionthereof on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of myinvention adapted as a lawnroller, and Fig. 5 isa detailed view of oneof the apertured end blocks hereinafter referred to. In its practicalconstructionmy invention consists of an outer shell J, of vitreousmaterial, such as sewer-tile of suitable length, and an inner er mainfilling M, of concrete, within which is fixedly held a tubular bearing Kof gas-pipe, having a length slightly greater than that of the shell Jto provide for conveniently mounting the roller within a frame A. Whenmy invention is arranged as a lawn-roller, as shown in Figs. l and 3,the frame A hasa rectangular shape and is of a length sufficient tosurround a pair of rollers held spaced apart with their adjacent .endsnear a pair of cross-bars B B, bolted at their ends to the frame A, andto said bars at the axial lines of the rollersis bolted a journalbox Gto receive the shaft H, which is stationarily held in the tubularbearings K of the rollers, the central bearing-box G and the endbearings F pendently mounted on the ends of the frame A, as clearlyshown in Fig. l, from which it will be also noticed the shaft H isfixedly held in the said bearings by the said screws I of thebearings F.c

E E designate Scrapers, mounted on the frame A to cooperate with therollers in the Yusual manner, said Scrapers being screwed to Athe saidframe A by the bolt and nut devices e e, whereby the scraping edges eXcan be conveniently adjusted close up to or away from the rollers at thewill of the operator.

C designates a seat and foot-rest supportingV frame, and C' draftdevices, which may be of any well-known construction, as they, togetherwith the supporting means for the rollers on the scraper devices, form,perse, no part of my invention, such-parts being shown to illustrate apractical application of the same.

The concrete iilling M within the shell J, as before stated, isy of alength less than that of the shell, whereby to leave a space at each endadapted to receive a wooden block L of the diameter of the tile shell,and the said block L snugly Jits the shell, as clearly shown in Fig. 3,from which it will also be seen the said blocks each have a centralaperture for the tubularrmember vK aud a series of apertures 1 forthepurpose of allowing the supplemental lling N, of cement, at each end ofthe shell to pass through the said blocks and adhere to the mainconcrete filling-M.

So far as described it will be readily apparent the endiilling N,besides adding weight and strength to the roller, also serves to tie theseveral parts constituting the roller into a iirm and rigid body, itbeing obvious that the rollers,with other hollow bearings or shafts K,can be readily fitted within the frame A and the stationary shaftH'inserted through the frame-bearings. andthe memberK and heldstationary by the bolts to prompt the rollers to turn freely thereon.

The frame A may be so constructed that either one or two horses may beused for drawing the roller or a single roller employed, as shown inFig. e, to serve as a hand-manipulated lawn-roller.

Having thus described my invention, what IOS I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A lawn-roller, comprising a shell of vitreous material, a filling ofconcrete, a pipetubing embedded in said illing, and a supporting-shaft,mounted in the said pipe-tubing, as set forth.

2. A lawn-roller comprising a shell made of tiling, a Wood block in eachend of the shell, a gas-pipe xedly mounted in the said blocks in theaxial line of the shell, and a solid filling around the said pipe andclosing the space Within the shell and between the end blocks, as setforth.

3. A land-roller, its shell being of tile and its center being agas-pipe held in position by Wood blocks Which t the inside of the tileand are set in a short distance from the ends JOHN W. MORGENTHALER.

Witnesses:

F. R. BELLAS, C. H. MrLLER.

